Equatorial Guinea

2009

A French judge on
Tuesday authorized an
anti-corruption group to pursue a complaint that questions how the leaders of three
oil-rich, central African nations amassed their personal assets. One byline was
absent in news media coverage: Bruno Ossébi, an online Congolese columnist and one
of the few local journalists who had covered the sensitive issue. Ossébi died
in February in a mysterious fire that destroyed his home and killed three
others.